Specifically, it had lacked the glimmer of gold. Cyborg (18-1, 1 NC) is undefeated in the UFC/ After destroying Leslie Smith in her sensational promotional debut , she was made the headline act for her second outing against Lina Landsberg. [Full Article...]

Phoenix's pride - The Suns were humiliated on their home court by Houston last night. The Los Angeles Lakers could use a bounce back win here after losing five of their last eight games. And, the 76ers would hold on to beat the Lakers-115-109. Western Conference and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. As for the 76ers, they're 8-6 in the East (6-4 on the road) and we can not wait to se... [Full Article...]

Jones has been trying to manage their workload after a busy 2017 for club ( Saracens ), country, and the British and Irish Lions. The 26-year-old, who was nominated for the World Rugby Player of the Year award earlier in the week, will line up at inside centre for England against the Wallabies. [Full Article...]

The United boss will want all of his players ready for action and totally fit, as he looks to win more silverware this term, after a really successful last season. Man United take on Newcastle this weekend in the Premier League . Rojo, meanwhile, has his sights set on the World Cup and getting back into Jorge Sampaoli's Argentina plans. [Full Article...]

James got the final word in this beef, however, posting on Instagram that Madison Square Garden is his "favorite playground". "This team is really special", Kanter said after the game. "I don't care what you call yourself". And while there are very real concerns about the Cavs' mostly awful defense, we all should know better than to fret about early season won-loss records during the LeBron er... [Full Article...]

The 21 year old has been in impressive form for the Super Eagles, recently scoring a brace in the team's surprise comeback win against South American power house, Argentina in a friendly match played on Tuesday in Russian Federation. Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi has described injured midfielder Santi Cazorla as the most skillful player at the club. I wish (he returns in January). [Full Article...]

Four players were ejected in total (the Red Wings' Mantha and Witkowski and the Flames' Jon Gillies and Mikael Backlund ) and 12 penalties were called following the fight. "It brings fans into the sport". Luke Witkowski of the Detroit Red Wings had his automatic 10-game suspension upheld by the National Hockey League on Thursday, the team confirmed to ESPN. [Full Article...]

Six players received first-place votes in the NL - the others were Paul Goldschmidt (four), Charlie Blackmon (three), Nolan Arenado (two) and Kris Bryant (one) - the most since 1979, when Keith Hernandez and Willie Stargell ended up tying for MVP. [Full Article...]

Werdum claims that Covington , who called Brazilian fans " filthy animals " last month after he defeated Demian Maia , was the one who initiated the altercation. And they wonder why they get talked to like that because they're a bunch of animals. The former UFC Heavyweight Champion is just a few days away from fighting Marcin Tybura in the main event of UFC Fight Night Sydney. [Full Article...]

Instead, what stood out above everything else was Embiid's performance. Philadelphia retook the lead in the first minute of the fourth quarter at 85-84 on a basket by Embiid and held the lead until 5:42 remaining in the game when Kuzma's basked tied the game at 97-97. [Full Article...]

McCarthy added, "He's moving right along". Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was hanging around with his teammates yesterday, and happened to be on the practice field . "Only back if it's completely healed". Rodgers underwent surgery on October 19 to have plates and screws inserted to stabilize his broken right clavicle. [Full Article...]

The Jaguars go for the clean sweep of the AFC North against the Browns after already trucking the Steelers 30-9, the Bengals 23-7 and the Ravens 44-7 this season. Especially what he's going to see on Sunday in Cleveland. Jackson also brought up Gipson's comments in a team meeting. "That is not something that we like to do as a team", he said. [Full Article...]

That's not expected to happen this year. Moreover, the best thing is that there will be no moon to invade the Leonid meteor showers. Though the meteors have been intermittently swooping across the sky since early November, the greatest number will fall this weekend with an optimal rate of up to 20 an hour, said Allen. [Full Article...]

In the absence of the Manchester City striker, Argentina succumbed to pressure from the underdogs, as Arsenal starlet Alex Iwobi scored twice for the Super Eagles to help mount an inspirational comeback. "We took him to hospital to make sure everything was normal, we prefer to wait to be sure". City were always optimistic Aguero would be fine for the return of the Premier League after st... [Full Article...]

After making $14 million in 2017, Stanton's salary will take a sizeable jump to $25 million next season. We've been seeing rumors about potentially interested teams for weeks but on Tuesday, we received the first smatterings of details about what the trade negotiations of themselves may look like-and they don't reflect particularly well on the Marlins . [Full Article...]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted that his side are not underdogs heading into their North London derby with Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. That might not happen this season. Pochettino, who hasn't been on the losing side in six meetings with Arsenal as Tottenham manager, accepted that history does count when assessing the relative merits of the sides. [Full Article...]

Guerrero said . " They know they made a huge mistake and as you can see they're deeply sorry for it ". Ball, Riley and Hill were allowed to leave China after the situation was "resolved to the satisfaction of the Chinese authorities", said Larry Scott, commissioner of the Pac-12 athletic conference, of which UCLA is a member. [Full Article...]

In many respects, however, this will depend on just what new information WADA has received on the use of banned substances by Russian athletes. The IOC said its executive board, due to meet December 5-7, "will take all the circumstances, including all the measures to ensure a level-playing field at the Olympic Winter Games 2018, into consideration when it decides on the participation of the Ru... [Full Article...]

It also means the Terriers' cheapest tickets are half as expensive as they were five seasons ago (£199). The cheapest adult shirt is offered by Burton for £39.99. Adding together the price of the cheapest ticket with the cost of a pie, tea and programme, Baggies fans shell out £34.30, a figure only bettered by Liverpool (£18.40), Tottenham (£30) and Stoke (£34). [Full Article...]

The Cowboys have lost all the wrong games in 2017; losses to the Rams, Packers and especially the Falcons really hurts them right now. The Cowboys can get right back in the middle of the race with a win and would be in a tough position with another loss that would drop them to 5-5. [Full Article...]